Christmas
trees
Milu deer
chimney
stockings
Christmas dinner
turkey
圣诞大餐吃火鸡的习俗始于1620年。
• 12月25日，是基督教徒纪念耶稣诞生的日
子，称为圣诞节。
• 从12月24日于翌年1月6日为圣诞节节期
(festival)。 西方人以红、绿、白三色为
圣诞色，圣诞节来临时家家户户都要用圣
诞色来装饰。红色的有圣诞花和圣诞蜡烛
。绿色的是圣诞树。红色与白色相映成趣
的是圣诞老人。
• 西方儿童在圣诞夜临睡之前，要在壁炉前
或枕头旁放上一只袜子，等候圣诞老人在
他们入睡后把礼物放在袜子内。
What about in the future?
robot
Android
Welcome to the age of IT!
Albert Einstein
Imagine!
What kind of an android is this ?
Imagine what it can do ?
We already have many different
whatkinds the ofandroids androids are ?in What our dailycan they life. do ?
They work as…
They can…and…
fire-fighter waiter
adventurer
maid worker
dancer singer/ hostess
Cook Football player
Reading
Questions:
1.Who is Andy? What is he good at?
2.What helps him to move and think like a
human?
3.What does Andy think about the team who
beat them last year? why?
4.What does the programmer do to Andy?
1.Who is Andy? What is he good at?
He is an android. And he is good at
playing football.
2.What helps him to move and think like
a human?
His computer chips help him to move
and think like a human.
3.What does Andy think about the team
who beat them last year? Why?
She thinks the team cheated because they
had a new kind of program, which had
just been developed before the
competition.
4.What does the programmer do to
Andy? She programs me with all the possible
moves she has seen while watching human
games.
True or False
1.Andy is much biggeras big than as a ahuman. human. F
2.The android cannot can think like a
human by themselves. F
3.Andy failed to win the competition
because his team was less
intelligent than his rival(对手). T
Fill in the blanks:
The story is about the android________ called _______,Andy
who is good at_________________.playing football And his
programmer__________ _ makes him think and move like a
human______. However, they failed_____ in the competition___________
hosted in the USA, because the other team
had a new kind of_________.program After that, he will
ask his programmer to improve his ____intelligence ______
andmake _________ up some new moves.
Language Points
1. I think we can work together to create even
better software.
even = much
用于强调比较的程度
2. In a way, my programmer is like my coach.
3. In this way, I can make up new moves.
in a way 在某种程度上…
Language Points
on one’s way 在某人去...的路上
in a way 在某种程度上….
in the way 挡道,造成障碍
in this way 用这种方法
Fill in the blank：
1. ________itIn a way was one of our biggest mistakes.
2. You can finish your work in this way .
3. Your bike is in the way .Move it away.
4. I came across an old friend__________on my way home.
Language Points
4. After all, with the help of my computer
brain which never forgets anything,
intelligence is what I’m all about.
after all 毕竟
with the help of sb./ sth. 在…的帮助之下
= with one’s/ sth’s help
Discussion
Some people are afraid that if
Will humans be
we develop androids too much,
controlledhuman beings and will one day be
replacedcontrolled by by them.
androids one day?
Homework
• 1.记单词,准备听写
• 2.记住本单元的语言点
• 3.独立完成英语双语报的单项选择,完型,改
错(时间控制在30分,明天上交)
Pre-listening
1.Can androids become human
beings?
2. Can androids have feelings, such
as sadness, happiness, loneliness,
anger, etc?
3. Should we give them respect and
rights? Why or why not?
Listening
Sally and Brenda are both androids. One
of them works as a maid. The other works
in a car factory. They are talking about
their lives and what it feels like to be an
android. Listen carefully to their problems
and fill in the form.
Sally and Brenda's problems
Their programmer
about their jobs
decided them ．
about changing their
They are not able to
jobs change jobs．
about who decides ．
Their programmer does
their future
about how they are They cannot smell, laugh,
different from people taste or eat food．
They can speak, work
about how they are
and enjoy football ．
the same as people
Now you are going to make a list of the
rights that androids should have so that
they will be treated better?
1.They ___________________________________. should be able to choose the work they do
2. They___________________________________. should have their own time
3.They ___________________________________. should be able to change their jobs
4.They ___________________________________. should be able to decide their own future
5.They ___________________________________. should be able to taste, smell, feel, etc